“Our program EFFECTIVE PLANNED MAINTENANCE (Mechanical) for Breakdown Prevention (EPM, Round 3) at Kolkata on 29-30 Nov, 2016 was a good success. It was conducted by our faculty, SURAJIT DEB

25 participants attended from companies line Indian Oil Corporation, HPCL-Mittal  Energy, Tata Bluescope Steel, Tata Tinplate, Tata Sponge Iron, Electrosteel Castings and IFB Industries.

The causes of breakdown in industries were discussed in details, with emphasis on ‘Control of Stress’ and  ‘Detection of Detrerioration’. In depth coverage was done on Preventive Maintenance methods, with focus on ‘maintenance inspection’. Experience sharing sessions were conducted with Operators and Maintenance Workshop engineers with reallife case examples.  A workbook was developed with joint exercise by participants for typical mechanical equipment like Gear Box, Blowers, Compressors, Pumps, Furnaces, Heat Exchangers, Valves , Hydraulic & Pneumatic units, which can be used as ready reference by participants in their working area.”